This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Dutch Flower Power
In the Netherlands, they take their cycling seriously. One cycle-related bone of contention, however, is the obstructing of views from Amsterdam's canal bridges, by people chaining their parked machines to the railings. The Dutch being Dutch are trying to use Psychology to change such behaviour. Rather than simply putting notices up banning the activity (as would happen in the UK), they are attaching boxes for floral displays to the railings (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/20/amsterdam-canal-views-blighted-by-bikes-say-authorities). This, they hope, will convince people to park their bikes elsewhere. To facilitate that behaviour they are also converting some of the adjacent car parking slots into bicycle stands. It's all good, 'green' stuff!
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